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Just a reminder that Health insurance companies are scammers. ALL OF THEM. Their whole business model is to deny sick people care to turn a profit. SCUM. OF. THE. EARTH.
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Anonymous 3w

It’s not the business model I work in insurance analytics. The model works. There’s enough money from the premiums to cover and normal expense. The exception is when something like what happened with the California fires happens and everyone needs to cash in on insurance. Companies just have such a need to scrape profits for shareholder value that the model no longer matters. The model isn’t about covering people anymore it’s now how little people can we cover while collecting the most money.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

so privatized heathcare is not protected from the greed of capitalist in the same way that public healthcare slightly is. emphasis on the word “slightly”. it sounds like the business model indeed does not work in the long term, at least for the consumers. it absolutely works, and still does, for the shareholders. wonder what that says about our underlying economic system as a whole?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

I would say any business that is publicly traded is not safe at all from capitalist greed. The entire idea of the market is to put profits over people. It doesn’t work and I hope one day we can move on from it, but I doubt that will ever happen.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

That’s a great point, and I completely agree, except for the last bit. I know the capitalists will resort to an utter bloodbath in order to preserve their power, but I believe it will happen eventually. everything dies, including ideas, just a matter of time. time is the true currency of the world, and I hope with all my essence that capitalism’s time is running out. I apologize for my misunderstanding of your comment though!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

I really hate to be pessimistic, but there’s this quote that goes: “it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

And misunderstandings happen I wasn’t offended at all

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

I do wanna clarify I’m not trying to push complacency for the system. I just think a lot of systems like Universal healthcare that can work alongside capitalism are the best for doing what we can to improve

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